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By: Trevor Kenney
With her outgoing personality, quick smile and an eagerness to get involved in the community, Dr. Jackie Rice is not your typical computer scientist. Add to that the fact she is a wife and mother of three, it becomes evident that she is the antithesis...

Article - /unews/article/making-math-fun - October 6, 2010

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By: Trevor Kenney
If you visited Sierra Leone today, you would see a picturesque and peaceful country, a lush tropical land on the coast of West Africa that is vibrant with culture. Most of the people you'd meet there would greet you with a warm smile, many purveying a...

Article - /unews/article/returning-home - November 30, 2010

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By: Trevor Kenney
You may not like their asymmetrical hairdos, nose piercings or ironic t-shirts, but today's teenagers aren't turning Canadian culture on its head, as per the prevailing stereotype. On many levels, today's youth are actually looking better than previous...

Article - /unews/article/trend-tracking-action - October 18, 2010

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By: Trevor Kenney
President Emeritus Dr. Bill Cade and his wife Elsa have a saying: "We've always believed in the 3 Ts," says Bill. "Time, treasure and talent. Everyone can help their community and fellow humans in at least one of those ways." Both originally from Texas,...

Article - /unews/article/bill-and-elsa-cade-receive-generosity-spirit-award - November 23, 2010

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By: Trevor Kenney
Dr. Cheryl Misak (BA '83) never intended to go into academia. When she began her education at the University of Lethbridge, Misak's goal was to become a lawyer.As fate would have it (if fate does in fact exist – a question Misak has certainly pondered...

Article - /unews/article/provosts-philosophy - October 19, 2010

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Scientists Drs. Igor and Olga Kovalchuk came to Lethbridge knowing next-to-nothing about the city. Now, eight years later, they've happily set down roots and are pushing the U of L's epigenetics research program into the limelight.When the reactor at...

Article - /unews/article/academic-couple-works-toward-alberta%E2%80%99s-first-epigenetics-institute - October 18, 2010

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By: Trevor Kenney
Recently, representatives from ConocoPhillips Canada visited the University of Lethbridge to meet some of the students who have benefitted from the company's longstanding commitment to education. As a strong supporter of the University for more than 15...

Article - /unews/article/conocophillips-canada-sees-benefits-support - November 16, 2010

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By: Trevor Kenney
Dr. Olga Kovalchuk, an internationally-respected biological sciences and epigenetics researcher at the University of Lethbridge, can now add Recipient of Canada's Top 40 Under 40TM to her already long list of accomplishments.She recently returned from a...

Article - /unews/article/kovalchuk-prestigious-company - September 14, 2010

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By: Trevor Kenney
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Article - /unews/article/sample-story - October 13, 2010

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By: Trevor Kenney
The University of Lethbridge will begin its 47th academic year with approximately 11 per cent more first-year students – a number which could increase as the final three weeks of registration take place before the start of the school year in September....

Article - /unews/article/first-year-registrations-lethbridge-and-calgary-students - August 19, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
- community input necessary to help with future flood reduction strategies - flood hazard mapping needs to be updated as communities and river systems change - majority of flood hazard studies are now up to two decades oldA University of Lethbridge...

Article - /unews/article/factoring-%E2%80%98people-equation%E2%80%99-future-flood-hazard-planning-key-helping-communities-recover - August 15, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
After leading their respective teams through the grind of a Canada West season, two University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women's coaches have had an equally busy spring and summer coaching Team Alberta's soccer and basketball squads at the Canada Summer...

Article - /unews/article/horns-coaches-represent-canada-games - August 6, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
The mountain peaks of Waterton Lakes National Park serve as inspiration for the naming of the University of Lethbridge's newest student residence. The Phase III housing complex adopts a naming convention that represents some of the highest mountain...

Article - /unews/article/new-u-l-residence-gets-name - July 30, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
The University of Lethbridge is launching a Student Success Centre – a new business unit that brings together a number of different resources and services to help students successfully navigate through their university experiences."This is a great step...

Article - /unews/article/student-success-centre-launching - July 29, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
Two University of Lethbridge researchers from vastly different disciplines have been acknowledged by Alberta Venture Magazine as being among the province's 50 most influential people for 2013....

Article - /unews/article/u-l-researchers-among-ventures-top-50 - July 25, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
The University of Lethbridge will be well-represented at the 2013 ASTech Awards Gala later this fall. Today, the ASTech Foundation announced the 23 honourees of the 2013 ASTech Awards and three are associated with the U of L. Drs. Igor Kovalchuk and...

Article - /unews/article/u-l-dots-honouree-list-astech-awards - July 23, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
A University of Lethbridge physics research team and a Lethbridge-based high tech data processing company are among the collective group of people behind the Herschel Space Telescope's Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) instrument, which...

Article - /unews/article/spire-earns-international-award - July 19, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
The University of Lethbridge Calgary Campus will be officially moving students and instructors back to Bow Valley College as of Monday, July 22, 2013. Students should begin attending classes at BVC beginning Monday morning....

Article - /unews/article/calgary-campus-students-return-bvc - July 19, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
In a first-of-its-kind study, University of Lethbridge researchers are examining how the social and economic adversity faced by Aboriginal peoples may affect their biological health. This new study, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research,...

Article - /unews/article/study-examine-how-social-and-economic-stressors-affect-aboriginal-health - July 15, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
Coming off a successful first season with the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns track team, Peter Millman and Kayla Gallagher both earned medals this past weekend at the Canadian Junior Track and Field Nationals in Sainte-Therese, Que....

Article - /unews/article/season-success-horns-throwers - July 15, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
University of Lethbridge researcher Dr. Yale Belanger will play a key role in a national initiative that will gather information on the state of homelessness in Canada and will disseminate that knowledge to front-line providers....

Article - /unews/article/u-l-researcher-play-key-role-national-homelessness-initiative - July 11, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
Calling the introduction of the online graduate studies application process a win-win scenario undersells just how many wins will be realized now that the new system has been launched.Now available, the new online application system sees an end of a...

Article - /unews/article/grad-studies-applications-go-online - June 18, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
Nine Canadian universities and eight indigenous universities in Mexico will together focus on improving Aboriginal educational experiences and research collaborations during a one-day round table meeting at the University of Lethbridge on June 22, 2013....

Article - /unews/article/canadian-mexican-universities-converge-aboriginal-round-table - June 18, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
The University of Lethbridge is encouraging those interested in helping evacuees who are temporarily housed in campus residences to make cash donations to organizations like the Red Cross and Salvation Army....

Article - /unews/article/university-encourages-donations-be-made-red-crosssalvation-army - July 5, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
The University of Lethbridge has named Dr. Christopher J. Nicol as its new University Librarian, an appointment that took effect on July 1, 2013. Nicol, the former Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Science, had been serving as Acting University Librarian...

Article - /unews/article/nicol-appointed-university-librarian - July 5, 2013

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